Polly Toynbee
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
A class act?
Polly Toynbee’s memoirs test the reader’s patience
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
The state Will Hutton is in
Dissecting a spiteful attack on British farmers
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
